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[awkwardpenguin]

1. How do you keep socks on baby feet?

2. How do I know when my kid is ready to eat less overnight? She's almost 4 months and still eating 4x a night. And legit eating, not comfort nursing. I've read some stuff saying you can cut feedings down by 1 oz. or 1 min to start moving away from night feeding, but she just seems hungry.

[bullsgirl]

Oct 4, 2015 11:16:42 GMT -5 awkwardpenguin said:

1. How do you keep socks on baby feet?

2. How do I know when my kid is ready to eat less overnight? She's almost 4 months and still eating 4x a night. And legit eating, not comfort nursing. I've read some stuff saying you can cut feedings down by 1 oz. or 1 min to start moving away from night feeding, but she just seems hungry.

1. Trumpet brand were the only ones that would stay on her feet.

Can't really help with #2 since mine wasn't much of a night eater.

[ellipsis]

What are the rules for leaving out chilled expressed breast milk? Can I just sit it on the counter for a few hours overnight so that it's room temperature when I wake up in the morning to put in a bottle?

[rbp]

awkwardpenguin we Ferberized at 4.5 mo to get down to one wake-up. His book has some good methods for reducing night feedings even if you aren't ready to fully night wean. 

[estrellita]

Oct 4, 2015 11:16:42 GMT -5 awkwardpenguin said:

1. How do you keep socks on baby feet?

2. How do I know when my kid is ready to eat less overnight? She's almost 4 months and still eating 4x a night. And legit eating, not comfort nursing. I've read some stuff saying you can cut feedings down by 1 oz. or 1 min to start moving away from night feeding, but she just seems hungry.

1. You don't. Lol. Seriously though, it's hard. E either pulls them off, moves his feet around enough for them to slide off, or daycare gets sick of putting them back on and they just put them in his basket. I find longer ones that are snug seem to stay on longer.

[pooh8402]

1. The ones from the hospital are the only ones that stay on my kid's feet.


My question: how do you know if green poop is normal, or a result of foremilk/hindmilk imbalance?

[biogirl21]

I found that folding them down would sometimes help them stay on. More pressure from the cuff? I don't know. Usually he was just sockless, lol

[rbp]

And on the socks--I pretty much gave up and stuck to footie PJs and these booties: www.amazon.com/Zutano-Newborn-Unisex-Fleece-Bootie/dp/B00TSUHRZE

[biogirl21]

How do I get my 20 month old to stop grinding his teeth? Is it doing any harm if he keeps doing it?

[niq]

Oct 4, 2015 11:44:10 GMT -5 ellipsis said:

What are the rules for leaving out chilled expressed breast milk? Can I just sit it on the counter for a few hours overnight so that it's room temperature when I wake up in the morning to put in a bottle?

The rule from our pregnancy & newborn class was "4 hours at room temperature, 4 days in the fridge, 4 months in the freezer ... but some people say 6-6-6". So somewhere in that range.

[pennylane]

Oct 4, 2015 11:16:42 GMT -5 awkwardpenguin said:

1. How do you keep socks on baby feet?

2. How do I know when my kid is ready to eat less overnight? She's almost 4 months and still eating 4x a night. And legit eating, not comfort nursing. I've read some stuff saying you can cut feedings down by 1 oz. or 1 min to start moving away from night feeding, but she just seems hungry.

1: Sock Ons! www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=sock+ons

[pooh8402]

Another one:

Did anyone have residual joint pain after having their baby? My aching joints during pregnancy were my lower back, hips, groin, and starting about a week before my due date, my left wrist.

Now I'm 11 weeks out, and am still having the wrist pain. It's interfering with picking up and holding my baby, as I can't hold him as long as he would like/need because my wrist hurts. A brace helps with the pain, but makes it very difficult to hold him.

[Deleted]

Oct 4, 2015 12:28:33 GMT -5 pooh8402 said:

1. The ones from the hospital are the only ones that stay on my kid's feet.


My question: how do you know if green poop is normal, or a result of foremilk/hindmilk imbalance?

Foremilk/hind milk imbalance isn't really a thing except in unusual cases. Do you ever pump? Does your milk have a layer of cream? If so, I'm sure your fine. My kid had green poops sometimes but it always went away in a day or two.

[spankswife]

Oct 4, 2015 12:28:33 GMT -5 pooh8402 said:

1. The ones from the hospital are the only ones that stay on my kid's feet.


My question: how do you know if green poop is normal, or a result of foremilk/hindmilk imbalance?

Did you start a vitamin with iron? I noticed DS's poop changed with this.

[pooh8402]

spankswife, I did not.

[noodleoo]

Oct 4, 2015 12:28:33 GMT -5 pooh8402 said:

1. The ones from the hospital are the only ones that stay on my kid's feet.


My question: how do you know if green poop is normal, or a result of foremilk/hindmilk imbalance?

 I asked my doctor about the green poop and she said it was fine, nothing to worry about it.  She said yellow, green, and brown were all normal. 

[greycat]

Did anyone have wheezing during pregnancy? I've had an ongoing stuffy nose which is either pregnancy related (my guess) or some sort of allergies. I started taking Zyrtec tonight in case it is allergies but am wondering if I should call my doc because of the wheezing (it's been a few days). I don't have asthma and only mild allergies (cats, dogs, orchard grass).

[indylady]

Oct 4, 2015 11:16:42 GMT -5 awkwardpenguin said:

1. How do you keep socks on baby feet?

    
Zutano booties! They're the best.

[kershnic]

Oct 4, 2015 12:40:56 GMT -5 biogirl21 said:

How do I get my 20 month old to stop grinding his teeth? Is it doing any harm if he keeps doing it?

Out speech therapist said to kind if gently massage her face at her jawbone once a day for like 30 seconds or so, like at bedtime. She said to also do something similar to get her to stop if we notice it happening, but don't make a big deal out of it or try to talk about it or anything.

I don't really know much about it, as I don't even notice when she does it.... But I grind my teeth and have had jaw/teeth issues from it, and the speech therapist made it sound like it's common for parents who do it to have kids who do it, sadly. It can impact speech but doesn't necessarily.

[kershnic]

Oh and socks - lol.

[MamaMaui24]

Dumb question, but best rubber bands for fine baby hair? DD needs something and daycare said no clips.

[purplecow0206]

A has what we suspect is an ear infection (brownish discharge from her ear but no other symptoms), the first since the tubes were put in. We were told that we should call the ENT and put drops in if she gets one, and we started with the drops last night. I left a message, but am hoping to hear from them soon.

Was starting the drops without the ENT's go-ahead the right thing? She hasn't had any signs that it's bothering her, but I don't want the infection to linger and cause larger problems later on.